Speier taking applications for appropriations requests

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U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, announced that her office is now taking applications for appropriations requests for fiscal year 2010-11. The application period ends Feb. 12. Speier set up the system last year, and all requests are given to a citizen oversight panel that reviews them in public forums and makes recommendations. Speier said she’s also introducing legislation to require all Congress members to review all appropriations requests in public.